live in oakland. >> police are searching for whoever shot an 8-year-old girl with an arrow. we are live in berkeley after talking to someone who saw the little girl immediately after she was hit. >> reporter: if you look behind me right now you can see a bunch of kids playing at that whale replica. that's about where a 8-year-old was playing when she was suddenly struck by an arrow. the lieutenant said that investigators believe that the arrow came from this hill just north of the center but this point they don't know for sure. this happened outside the hall of science around ten. the whale was roped off with yellow tape most of the rest of the day. police say the girl was here on a field trip. they aren't sure if it was a random attack or targeted. they say she went into surgery to have the arrow removed. patty was here this morning and saw the little girl before she was rushed to the hospital. >> reporter: it was an arrow, a regular arrow. not a toy, it was stuck in her leg. it wasn't poking out one